On This Day – 21st April

A look back at what happened on this day 21st April in the history of Leeds United.

Results

1923 Notts County H W 3-0 Division 2

1924 Stockport County H W 4-0 Division 2

1928 Chelsea A W 3-2 Division 2

1930 Manchester City A L 1-4 Division 1

1934 Sheffield United H D 1-1 Division 1

1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers H L 0-1 Division 1

1951 Birmingham City A W 1-0 Division 2

1956* Bristol Rovers H W 2-1 Division 2

1962 Derby County H D 0-0 Division 2

1970 Ipswich Town A L 2-3 Division 1

1973** Crystal Palace H W 4-0 Division 1

1979 Everton H W 1-0 Division 1

1981 Birmingham City A W 2-0 Division 1

1984 Huddersfield Town A D 2-2 Division 2

1990 Brighton & Hove Albion A D 2-2 Division 2

1993 Liverpool A L 0-2 Premiership

2001 West Ham United A W 2-0 Premiership

2007 Southampton A L 0-1 Championship

2012 Cardiff City A D 1-1 Championship

2014 Nottingham Forest H L 0-2 Championship

*On this day in 1956, almost 50,000 fans turned up at Elland Road to watch Leeds beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 in their final home game of the season. The win was a fourth in a row for Leeds and wins in their last two away games meant they finished runners-up to Sheffield Wednesday in the Second Division and earned promotion to the top-flight.

**On this day in 1973, Leeds beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at Elland Road as they played their third of eleven games in 36-days. Leeds were to win just once more in the league, a 6-1 win over Arsenal, as fatigue, an unbelievable goalkeeping performance at Wembley and a bribed referee in Greece saw Leeds drop out of the race for the league title as well as losing the FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup Finals.